Study: Elephant Seals Sleep Only Two Hours a Day

VOA Learning English • voa
April 29, 2023 ~4 min

Morning people get more out of CPAP machines

Early birds are more likely to follow guidelines for using CPAP machines for sleep apnea, using them for longer periods at night.

Fred Mamoun-Yale • futurity
March 20, 2023 ~7 min


Health care workers are frazzled – and poor sleep may turn stress into poor mental health

Disturbed sleep can worsen depressive symptoms of health care workers whose jobs come with high levels of emotional labor and work-family conflict.

Yuan Zhang, Associate Professor of Nursing, UMass Lowell • conversation
March 14, 2023 ~8 min

Is ‘springing forward’ bad for your health?

In this podcast episode, an expert explains why it's so hard to adjust to daylight saving time and offers tips for springing forward.

Amy Quinton-UC Davis • futurity
March 8, 2023 ~2 min

Springing forward into daylight saving time is a step back for health – a neurologist explains the medical evidence, and why this shift is worse than the fall time change

Americans are divided on their preference for daylight saving time versus standard time. But research shows that our bodies fare better when aligned with the natural light of standard time.

Beth Ann Malow, Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University • conversation
March 6, 2023 ~10 min

How digital misinformation may keep you from a good night’s sleep

New study highlights the prevalence of misinformation among popular YouTube videos addressing sleep health.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Feb. 28, 2023 ~5 min

Imagination makes us human – this unique ability to envision what doesn't exist has a long evolutionary history

By learning what parts of the brain are crucial for imagination to work, neuroscientists can look back over hundreds of millions of years of evolution to figure out when it first emerged.

Andrey Vyshedskiy, Professor of Neuroscience, Boston University • conversation
Feb. 23, 2023 ~10 min

Lack of sleep will catch up to you in more ways than one

Experts highlight the health and memory effects, offer suggestions for countering environmental disruptions.

Anna Lamb • harvard
Feb. 17, 2023 ~5 min


Early semester sleep affects college students’ GPA

The amount of sleep a first-year college student early in the semester can affect their end-of-semester grade point average, researchers say.

Stacy Kish-Carnegie Mellon • futurity
Feb. 16, 2023 ~6 min

Team gets closer to pinpointing insomnia’s genetics

Researchers have found a gene called Pig-Q that's associated with sleep regulation in humans, flies, and zebrafish.

Texas A&M University • futurity
Feb. 10, 2023 ~5 min

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